RCAHMW colour oblique aerial photograph of the Roman Temple at Caerwent taken on 26/05/2004 by Toby Driver.
In the earlier twentieth century a Roman temple to an unknown deity was excavated and its remains left open for display, at Caerwent Roman city. The remains were consolidated and again left open for display following more recent excavations.
The temple itself consisted of a square chamber, possibly a tower, surrounded by a colonade or corridor. This was set within a court with an altar for sacrifice and other offerings. The temple itself held the cult statues and was not entered by the public. Where the court faced the street there was an ornate building whose purpose cannot now be known.
The temple was built in the third or fourth century AD and occupied the site of an earlier townhouse. The site fronted onto the city's main street and stood next to the great Forum-Basilica complex.
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And details of excavation archive at Newport City Museum: <a href="<a href="<a href="http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=museumheritage.museum...